“He did what good lawyers always do. He shifted his argument in the direction his audience was already going.” — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
Everyone wants to be paid well - I know that I certainly do. But there are lots of other satisfactions that we get from… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
“There were two kinds of cases before the Supreme Court. There were abortion cases—and there were all the others. Abortion was (and is) the… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
“The dilemma facing Bush and the Republicans was clear. If Marshall left, they could not leave the Supreme Court an all-white institution; at the… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
My own career reflects a strange dichotomy between the world weve long known and the world that will become. — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
“The American legal system is not supposed to be a karma-based organism of retribution for unpunished bad deeds, but that’s how it worked in… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
Even in Madison's day, the practice of gerrymandering for partisan advantage was familiar. In the late seventeen-eighties, there were claims that Patrick Henry had… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
The United States, like any great power, is always going to have an intelligence operation, and some electronic surveillance is obligatory in the modern… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
Students follow rules. Students complete assignments. The job of students - in part, at least - is to please their teachers. Now, I realize… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
The assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy led directly to the passage of a historic law, the Gun Control Act… — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
“The biggest police gun battle ever to take place on American soil had begun, and it was on live television. —” — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
It's always interesting to see what judges do when their legal philosophy conflicts with their political views. — Jeffrey Toobin Copy Share Image
